Compară metode

	Chestionar de Frecvență Alimentară (FFA)	Evaluarea Nutrițională Mică (MNA)
Domeniu	Știința nutriției	Știința nutriției
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anul apariției	1986	1994
Autorul original	Walter C. Willett, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	Yves Guigoz, Bruno Vellas, Paul J. Garry
Tip	Self-administered questionnaire (retrospective dietary assessment)	Clinician-administered questionnaire + anthropometric measurement
Sursa seminală	Willett, W. C. (1998). Nutritional Epidemiology (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.	Guigoz, Y., Vellas, B., & Garry, P. J. (1994). Mini Nutritional Assessment: A practical assessment tool for grading the nutritional state of elderly patients. Facts and Research in Gerontology, Supplement 2, 15-59.
Denumiri alternative	FFQ, food-frequency-assessment	MNA, MNA-SF (short form)
Înrudite	5	5
Rezumat	The Food Frequency Questionnaire is a self-administered dietary assessment tool designed to measure habitual food and nutrient intake over an extended period (typically 6–12 months). Developed by epidemiologists, particularly Walter Willett at Harvard, the FFQ has become a cornerstone of nutritional epidemiology research, enabling large-scale studies to assess dietary patterns and examine diet-disease relationships. FFQs vary in length (50–200+ items) and focus, but all share the purpose of estimating average dietary intake in a time-efficient manner suitable for population studies.	The Mini Nutritional Assessment is a simple, rapid, and non-invasive screening tool designed to identify malnutrition and nutritional risk in older adults. Developed by Guigoz, Vellas, and colleagues in 1994, it combines subjective assessment with objective anthropometric and laboratory measurements. It is widely used in clinical practice, research, and community settings to detect nutritional decline and guide intervention.